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Most founders burn through marketing budgets like they're playing slot machines
Most founders burn through marketing budgets like they're playing slot machines.
They hire agencies. They buy ads. They pray something sticks.
But here's what actually works. You already have everything you need sitting right in front of you. Your expertise. Your network. Your ability to have conversations.
The smartest founders I know turned their knowledge into an empire using one simple system. They find the most interesting people in their space.
The ones everyone wants to hear from but never gets access to. They reach out. They ask for 30 minutes. Most people say yes because everyone likes talking about what they know. Then they record everything.
Not some fancy studio setup. Just a decent microphone and recording software. They ask questions their customers would ask.
They dig into stories their audience wants to hear. They let experts share what they've never shared before. Within hours, that single conversation becomes everywhere.
The audio goes live on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. The video hits YouTube. Suddenly they're a podcast host. Suddenly they have content. But they don't stop there. They transcribe every word.
They hunt for the golden moments. The insights that make you lean forward. The quotes that stick in your head for weeks. Those insights become posts that get shared thousands of times.
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The kind of content that makes people tag their friends. The kind that gets screenshot and saved. One conversation becomes twenty posts. Twenty posts become thousands of followers.
Thousands of followers become customers who trust you before they even know your product. The transcript becomes an ebook. The ebook becomes a lead magnet. The lead magnet becomes an email list.
The email list becomes revenue. Your guests share everything because they look smart. Their audiences discover you. Your audience grows. Everyone wins.
While your competitors are burning cash on ads that get ignored, you're building an audience that actually cares what you have to say. You're not interrupting people anymore. You're the reason they check their phone.
The best part? Every conversation compounds. Every guest introduces you to someone else. Every episode builds on the last one. Six months later, you're not just another founder begging for attention.
You're the person everyone comes to for insights in your industry. Your marketing budget becomes coffee money for guest interviews.
This isn't theory. This is how the smartest founders win while everyone else burns money.